Cooksferry Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 or further vinyl adventures. First the poor to indifferent. Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd, a very recent purchase via TM. NZ pressing said to be in very good nick. Record arrived wrapped only in brown paper, no protective card or bubble wrap, no inner sleeve. The jacket rated very tidy but the record was quite dirty and noisey. A good spray and wipe gained a big improvement but compared to my $2 US copy not as good sq. Bat Out Of Hell-Meatloaf(no laughing please) current reissue and yet another dished lp. I've had a couple of new releases on heavyweight vinly(180gm) like this now including one of the Townes Van Zandt Fat Possum reissues which ticked me of somewhat. These aren't warped but rather dished,perhaps pulled out of shape by horrible overtight shrink wrapping. Looks like I'll be investigating the oven/glass cure soon. The good- It Still Moves- My Morning Jacket. Great valve reissues by this band of their early catalogue, most are double lps with a cd included. With a bit of carefull shopping they could be had for US$19. Heavyweight vinyl, nice quiet flat pressings, only problem is a slightly small spindle hole on one lp. The even better- Axis Bold As Love-Jimi Hendrix Moondance- Van Morrison Got both of these from the same Amazon supplier,rated used but as new and they look like it, great condition for around US$12 each. Moondance is the new reissue and as other forum members have said it's very good. Axis Bold as Love is one of my all time favourite records. Wore out my original copy as a pimply teen and last year grapped the Classic 200gm Mono which is very good but I'm more used to the stereo copy and the one I ordered was supposed to be the new Back to Black stereo version. What turned up is another Classic Mono this time 180gm. Oh well, third time lucky as I've ordered another copy with fingers crossed. While I dont expect there to be any difference between the two mono records there is a very noticable variation in the colours on the jacket with the 200gm looking overbright and a little garish. The 180 looks closer to my 60s original if my memory is correct. Still to pass judgement on- Written in Chalk- Buddy and Julie Miller. I'll have to have a proper listen to this one, gave up earlier over phono stage noise problems(hopefully bettered) Blecker and McDougall- Fred Neil. Almost famous as the man who wrote Everybodies Talking, the Midnight Cowboy theme and a big hit for Nilson. Mid 60s New York folk with touches of rock. Listened to the cd many times, yet to play the lp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Size1553552683 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Cooksferry;90012 wrote: The good- It Still Moves- My Morning Jacket. Great valve reissues by this band of their early catalogue, most are double lps with a cd included. With a bit of carefull shopping they could be had for US$19. Heavyweight vinyl, nice quiet flat pressings, only problem is a slightly small spindle hole on one lp. Glad you've got this. IIRC you quite enjoyed 'Evil Urges' and I suggested this was better. 'Mahgeetah', 'Dancefloors', 'Golden'... It's reverb heaven and Jim James has a wonderful voice. Must check out the vinyl reissues myself... any suggestions on your source in the US? PM me if you would prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxgate Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 An ECM original pressing from 1979, 'Old Friends, New Friends' finds guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner in the best company he ever kept: Kenny Wheeler (trumpet/flugelhorn), David Darling (cello), Eddie Gomez (bass), and Michael Di Psaqua (drums). Thirty years has left the record worn but the performances have not aged. Vinyl, always my preferred source, is currently the only option while I wait on new tubes for the Unico CD player. The teenagers are restless yet I'm in some base camp, looking up to the summit of heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foveaux Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Another vote for Ralph Towner - interestingly, I spent a few hours dredging thru some vinyl last night including: Matchbook, and Sargasso Sea: which he did with John Abercrombie (a landmark album imho). I immediately pledged to dig out my other Towner and Abercrombie ECM pressings I brought back from UK. I also listened to: Roy Harper Band - Work of Heart (Public Recordings - UK vinyl '82) band was better live with this repertoire than on the recording - there are some nice sections, but overall the album is "over-produced" UB40 - The Singles Album (Graduate Records UK '80) - superb: dynamic sound and captures the band when they were "hungry" and before they got into the "red, red wine" dirge Brian Eno - Before and after Science (Phonogram - NZ pressing '77) - shite recording, but the brilliance of the music overcomes the sonic deficiencies Steve Hillage - L (Virgin"- NZ '77 pressing) again shite recording, but WOW ... Hurdy Gurdy Man, Hurdy Gurdy Man Glissando!!! (what were we doing with our private time? ha ha!) and his version of It's All Too Much (indeed) Steve Hillage - Radio Dome Musick - (Virgin - NZ '79 pressing) forget this recording, the music's....well noodly (imho: forgetful - he's done better elsewhere) Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat (Cypress Records- RCA Victor Australian pressing '87) - spine-tingling stuff, the later 180/200gm pressings are on my wishlist, and finally The Beat -I Just Cant Stop It(Go-Feet Records UK '80) was the soundtrack of our first year in London - regardless of the nostaligia - this album is worthy of a place in any respectable collection. For me - it's one of my desert island discs. cheers, F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooksferry Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 foveaux;90086 wrote: Another vote for Ralph Towner - interestingly, I spent a few hours dredging thru some vinyl last night including: Matchbook , and Sargasso Sea : which he did with John Abercrombie (a landmark album imho). I immediately pledged to dig out my other Towner and Abercrombie ECM pressings I brought back from UK. I also listened to: Roy Harper Band - Work of Heart (Public Recordings - UK vinyl '82) band was better live with this repertoire than on the recording - there are some nice sections, but overall the album is "over-produced" UB40 - The Singles Album (Graduate Records UK '80) - superb: dynamic sound and captures the band when they were "hungry" and before they got into the "red, red wine" dirge Brian Eno - Before and after Science (Phonogram - NZ pressing '77) - shite recording, but the brilliance of the music overcomes the sonic deficiencies Steve Hillage - L (Virgin"- NZ '77 pressing) again shite recording, but WOW ... Hurdy Gurdy Man, Hurdy Gurdy Man Glissando!!! (what were we doing with our private time? ha ha!) and his version of It's All Too Much (indeed) Steve Hillage - Radio Dome Musick - (Virgin - NZ '79 pressing) forget this recording, the music's....well noodly (imho: forgetful - he's done better elsewhere) Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat (Cypress Records- RCA Victor Australian pressing '87) - spine-tingling stuff, the later 180/200gm pressings are on my wishlist, and finally The Beat -I Just Cant Stop It (Go-Feet Records UK '80) was the soundtrack of our first year in London - regardless of the nostaligia - this album is worthy of a place in any respectable collection. For me - it's one of my desert island discs. cheers, F I'm gobsmacked- you've got the Linn out! Shame you're not playing any real music, have to bring over some Meatloaf and Metallica. Dont have any Abba vinyl sorry:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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